I know, actually in Milan we have more than 20 tower between 70m and 100m and others in costruction.
The "problem" with Milan is that all the towers are spread everywhere around the city so they actually don't create a really cluster or a skyline.
Just saying, these are the rendering of the new district U/C at the moment.
Image if Milan, just like Rotterdam and others, had all of its "high" costruction in one place: it would be not only better than Rotterdam, but i think in an higher position in the chart.

Madrid's skyscrapers have real quality and individuality. If there were more it would easily be top 5 I think .

I note there's a little Rotterdam bashing going on on here just lately. It's just all about opinions on aesthetics;For me it needs a few more unique and characterful buildings, but I can appreciate how others find it a top 7 skyline.

Obviously Moscow has to be in the top four skylines in Europe, it's main cluster is spectacular, but am I the only one who finds it's wider cityscape bland and boring ? Just a sea of concrete commie blocks.

Paris would be easily number one if just a few more idiosyncratic and characterful super talls were added.For me just now it lacks the individuality of London's skyline.

I came back home from Moscow yesterday where I spent 10 days, the city center, which is huge to say the least, has zero commie blocks in it, it's an ocean of modernity, lcd traffic lights, no urban blight at all.

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Madrid's skyscrapers have real quality and individuality. If there were more it would easily be top 5 I think .

I note there's a little Rotterdam bashing going on on here just lately. It's just all about opinions on aesthetics;For me it needs a few more unique and characterful buildings, but I can appreciate how others find it a top 7 skyline.

Obviously Moscow has to be in the top four skylines in Europe, it's main cluster is spectacular, but am I the only one who finds it's wider cityscape bland and boring ? Just a sea of concrete commie blocks.

Paris would be easily number one if just a few more idiosyncratic and characterful super talls were added.For me just now it lacks the individuality of London's skyline.

I came back home from Moscow yesterday where I spent 10 days, the city center, which is huge to say the least, has zero commie blocks in it, it's an ocean of modernity, lcd traffic lights, no urban blight at all.

Fair enough. I'll go with that

I'm only going on what I see in pics on here , but actually visiting a city puts you in a much better position to judge.

The most obvious difference is that Moscow is actually a Russian city imbued in Russian culture, Russians aren't a minority in the city. You definitely won't find hordes of political corrected hipsters nor SJWs calling you names for disagreeing with their opinion and I just love that It is a very youthful city that has way more to offer than you can possibly take on in a week long trip!
The only downside is the weather, you get warm days only from mid May to mid August then it starts to get chilly, it was 15/20 C during the day last week when I was there. by the way, I used to live there for 4 years contiguously, you can trust me on that.
btw, bear in mind that Moscow City is right on the edge of the second ring, the outermost part of the center, beyond that you start getting commie blocks ( even though massive redevelopments are taking place there as well now ) and it seems to me that most of the photos on here showing the skyline are taken from out side the ring.

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Fair enough. I'll go with that

I'm only going on what I see in pics on here , but actually visiting a city puts you in a much better position to judge.

The most obvious difference is that Moscow is actually a Russian city imbued in Russian culture, Russians aren't a minority in the city. You definitely won't find hordes of political corrected hipsters nor SJWs calling you names for disagreeing with their opinion and I just love that It is a very youthful city that has way more to offer than you can possibly take on in a week long trip!
The only downside is the weather, you get warm days only from mid May to mid August then it starts to get chilly, it was 15/20 C during the day last week when I was there. by the way, I used to live there for 4 years contiguously, you can trust me on that.

I know this is purely a skyline thread but it's good and interesting to get an insight into the feel and vibes of a big city like Moscow.